Some kid was telling me about how his key to his new z was a credit card, I thought he was BS'ing. THEN I was watching a Best Motoring dvd with a Fairlady Z and it had the credit card slot, and when the card was inserted the z would start!

What kinda crazy stuff is this, anyone have that in there Z?

-Dave

dm350z@msn.com

 

which Episode Best motoring is this?

 

Episode entitled , "350Z Shock!"

 

i'll watch it again and have a looks. thanks for the heads up. But i remember somewhere there is one but can't really remember.

 

That's been posted about here. A member from Japan said that it was a toll payment system. Not sure though.

 

I'm pretty sure member Fairlady Z in Japan said it was the tollway payment system.

 

I'm sure this is a toll payment system.

 

"We're sorry, you are over your credit limit and your FICO score is 550. This car will not start."

Now if only there was a slot that dispensed $20 bills like an ATM machine.

 

With my luck, it would eat my card and i'd be stranded...

 

 

But how does it work???

 

And this is what you'd see on the dash:

 

My nissan dealship pushes a device that makes it so you have to slide in a card like thing before you can turn the key with out having that card the car WILLNOT start and if it does and the car is stolen then the company who sold the device would pay up to like 6K

Im "guessing" thats what their talking about

 

I dont understand. How does that toll payment system work in Japan?

 

I use E-pass here in Florida and they send you a bill later on to pay. I think this card thing uses a credit or debit card and charges directly so you can't have late payments or anything. They'd still probably send a statement to make sure they have everything down right.

 

But I thought the E-pass only worked because when you go through the e-pass lane they take a picture of your car and look for the sticker (and i'm sure take a picture of your license (<sp.?) too). I don't know how they get the information from your car to pay for it.

 

Oh ok, yea here in ny/nj we use the ez-pass.

 

At least in Florida, you can't use the E-pass lane(s) without the E-pass plastic device box thing. It communicates with another thing in the toll plazas and knows what account to charge you. My family uses ours between all our cars so it doesn't matter which car your in (I can take it in my friend's car and we can go through the E-pass toll). Only when you go through it and don't have the device with the account, it will have a horn go off and take a picture. They'll use the car license plate to send a $100 fine to that owner.

EDIT: There are some lanes that don't have the E-pass logo on the signs over the lane, which means you can't go through that lane with the E-pass (it will give you a $100 fine).

 

Yup, you guys are right. I'm referencing my Hyper Rev magazine and from what I can get, it's for tax (toll) collection. ETC stands for Electronic Tax Collection System and it's made by Panasonic.

 

Do they use debit, credit, or some other kind of card?